Minor Change Report 51981 4258 01 [As Published] · 51981.4258.01

               3.     ASSESSMENT
               3.1. Instruments for Statutory Assessment
               Under the Planning Act 2016 the application must be assessed against each of the following
               statutory planning instruments to the extent they are relevant to the development:
               •      State Planning Policy;
               •      South East Queensland Regional Plan;
               •      Planning Regulation 2017; and
               •      The Noosa Plan 2020.
               3.2. Statutory Process
               The applicant has requested to make a minor change to a development approval under s78 of the
               Planning Act 2016. An application for a minor change to a development approval can only be made
               in circumstances where a change would constitute a ‘minor change’.
               The proposed change to the development approval requested by the applicant is determined to
               constitute a minor change on the grounds that:
               •      the development would not result in substantially different development as it will not change
                      the approved use and will not increase the scale and intensity of the use;
               •      the change does not include prohibited development;
               •      the change would not require the application to be referred to an additional referral agency
                      or cause a referral agency to have regard to new matters prescribed by regulation;
               •      where the original application was code assessable, the change would not cause the
                      application to become impact assessable.
               3.3. Statutory Instruments – Planning Scheme
               The application is required to be assessed against the planning scheme that was in place at the
               time the original development application was lodged, being the 1973 planning scheme, but may
               have regard to the Noosa Plan 2020. The following codes from the Noosa Plan 2020 are applicable
               to this development:
               •      High Density Residential Zone Code
               •      Coastal Communities Local Plan Code
               •      Dual Occupancy & Multiple Dwelling Code
               •      Coastal Protection and Scenic Amenity Code
               •      Acid Sulfate Soils Overlay Code
               •      Landslide Hazard Overlay Code


               The land is zoned High Density Residential under the Noosa Plan 2020.
               The existing building does not accord with the current outcomes sought for the area, for buildings
               to incorporate a mix of lightweight and textured external building materials, maximum height of 3
               stories, highlighting of individual dwellings by including individual design elements, variation in roof
               form. The existing building is 4 storeys, has rendered finishes, with little variation in materials, with
               the units of a uniform design and no variation in roof form.
               The table below provides a comparison between the scheme performance standards and the
               development proposal.

                Criteria                         Planning Scheme           Proposal                      Complies

                Plot ratio                       0.65:1 max.               < m²                          X


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